Wanting to upgrade GPU, looking for suggestions

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  1. Posts : 68
    win. 7 64 bit Home Premium
       #1

    Wanting to upgrade GPU, looking for suggestions


    Every year I try to upgrade a MB component, this year I am thinking about a new GPU, I do not do a lot of gaming and would like a card that is relatively quite.

    Current specs:

    Motherboard - Asus P6T
    Power Supply - PC Power and Cooling @ 610 watts
    GPU - EVGA GTX 260
    OS - Win. 7 Home Prem. 64 bit
    PCI - 2.0 x 16
    Monitor - ViewSonic 2365 @ 1920 x 1080, DVI

    I am aware that with Win. 7 the best Direct X I can get will be #11 and that the new GPU will be PCI 3 and have to run in the "backward" compatible mode to accommodate the PCI 2.0 slot.

    The GTX 260 is 10.5 inches long and the cooling fans are getting very loud.

    My price range would be $200.00 - $300.00

    I would like to stay with a NVIDIA GPU.

    I have been looking and there is much to choose from so I am asking for some suggestion from this forum -



    Thanks


    Joe
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  2. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #2

    EVGA :) Stick with what works


    EVGA - Products - Graphics

    Even though you`re not into gaming this is also a beautiful card, Doug has one.

    MSI USA

    I also recommend upping your memory to 8 GB :)
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Wanting to upgrade GPU, looking for suggestions-msi-gtx-970-4gb.png  
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  3. Posts : 68
    win. 7 64 bit Home Premium
    Thread Starter
       #3

    @ AddRam, I never updated my RAM Specs, I am now running 6 GB's of OC'ed Corsair RAM

    Thanks for the suggestion - I am still thinking about what to get ?


    Joe
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  4. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #4

    Hi,
    I saw a evga gtx 750ti pretty cheap on newegg yesterday 130.us on evga.com it was 120. on newegg :/
    EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 02G-P4-3751-KR G-SYNC Support 2GB Video Card - Newegg.com
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  5. Posts : 68
    win. 7 64 bit Home Premium
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Thinking about something in the GTX 960 range - lots to choose from and they ALL offer more than I will most likely ever need -

    What do you all think of this one - Asus GTX 960 STRIX

    ASUS GeForce GTX 960 STRIX-GTX960-DC2OC-4GD5 4GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card - Newegg.com


    Joe
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  6. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #6

    I'd stick with evga
    If you want a 4gb card evga has plenty of them too :)
    Plus it has better base & boost clock than the asus
    EVGA GeForce GTX 960 04G-P4-3967-KR 4GB SSC GAMING w/ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling w/ Free Installed Backplate Graphics Card - Newegg.com
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  7. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #7

    Piece of crap 128 bit memory interface.

    We give you great suggestions and you come up with an Asus piece of junk

    Asus and video cards do not even belong in the same sentence.
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  8. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #8

    Yep 100.us more and this one is yours
    Amazon.com: MSI Computer NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 GAMING 4G 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 Graphics Card: Computers & Accessories

    Newegg has it you can see the price in the cart.
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  9. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #9

    As some of you might remember I just installed one of these in my grandpa computer. The one that ThrashZone post #6.

    EVGA GeForce GTX 960 04G-P4-3967-KR 4GB SSC GAMING w/ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling w/ Free Installed Backplate Graphics Card - Newegg.com

    Works great and runs super cool. Well worth the price in my opinion and I'm not a gamer.
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  10. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 64Bit
       #10

    i would suggest
    GeForce GT 730 EXOC 1GB




    Low Profile and low noise .. is 64Bits card runing GDDR5 1GB .. worth for money ...
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